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... language , in speaking of himself , have been " untaught in youth their hearts to tame . " He has had the address to trick up this wayward temper in the drapery of the poet's costume , and give it a wild and romantic air ; but his ...
... language , in speaking of himself , have been " untaught in youth their hearts to tame . " He has had the address to trick up this wayward temper in the drapery of the poet's costume , and give it a wild and romantic air ; but his ...
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... language , in speaking of himself , have been " untaught in youth their hearts to tame . " He has had the address to trick up this wayward temper in the drapery of the poet's costume , and give it a wild and romantic air ; but his ...
... language , in speaking of himself , have been " untaught in youth their hearts to tame . " He has had the address to trick up this wayward temper in the drapery of the poet's costume , and give it a wild and romantic air ; but his ...
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... language , clearer than the tome Of his land's tongue , which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glass'd by sunbeams on the lake . " 3 ( P. 9. ) When the prophet exclaims , " Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place , " or ...
... language , clearer than the tome Of his land's tongue , which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glass'd by sunbeams on the lake . " 3 ( P. 9. ) When the prophet exclaims , " Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place , " or ...
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... language of this fascinated poet , " breathed itself into life in Julie , " and thus " hallowed , too , the memorable kiss , " the account of which has been already given ; so that after all , the Platonic vision embodied itself ...
... language of this fascinated poet , " breathed itself into life in Julie , " and thus " hallowed , too , the memorable kiss , " the account of which has been already given ; so that after all , the Platonic vision embodied itself ...
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... language , as any of his predecessors : his victory has been easy , and his triumph complete . He has also avoided the argumentative , the allegorical , and the pedantic manner . His figures are natural , short , and perspicuous , and ...
... language , as any of his predecessors : his victory has been easy , and his triumph complete . He has also avoided the argumentative , the allegorical , and the pedantic manner . His figures are natural , short , and perspicuous , and ...
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